Man, I sure hope this comment doesn't jinx anything but, this is such a GREAT RU-vid Channel!! Jamel makes you feel like you have been his lifelong friend and I hope when Covid is over we can find a way talk him into a cookout -all 600,000 of us! But not only that with nearly 600 K subscribers the comments are so positive and full of love for music and just love all around. No trolls, no put-downs, no arguing. Everything is so uplifting! Like I said I hope I'm not jinxing all that, but Jamel and all of you make me smile every time he puts up a new post! Thanks for this great family Jamel!!
Amen. He has a lot of light and goodness in him. I worry for him in these times. I keep a picture of him and his girl standing amongst many pillars on my desktop. I look at it every now and then. Knowing people like Jamel can have a little happiness makes it all worth it.
David, I echo your sediments! This is my favorite reaction channel and Jamal is 'all that and a bag of chips' ( I've just ached myself). I look forward to the day I can meet Jamal, hang with all of his followers and commune around some great music!
Same, this was my ‘go-to’ album for a couple years in the 80s. Cassette in my Clarion deck installed under the dash of my ‘65 Mustang fastback. Those were some good days.
Respectfully disagree. This version of Yes is simply not in the same league as 70s Yes. I love this album, don't get me wrong, but it can't stand up to early Yes.
A capable stereo setup is essential or you'll miss so much that's in the music. Since Jamel switched over to his Bose headphones, I get a kick out of watching his reaction as his ears and brain take in all the subtle stuff that's happening in the mix on songs such as this one. It happened in the earlier reactions with the old headphones - but not to the extreme that it does now. Puts a huge smile on my face.
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I've often seen people sneer at 90125 and later Yes. Snobbery I call that. Both before that and later are, well, Yes, and it shows. I love all Yes, from whenever.
This album is a MASTERPIECE! It's Yes' best 80's album by far, and is one of those albums you can and should listen to from top to bottom. Just can't say enough good things about it. Great reaction, Jamel! Keep great music alive! 🙏
Drama is my favorite 80's album by far. If we're talking about the Rabin era, I prefer Big Generator, but I still love this album. My ranking of the Rabin era is Big Generator, Talk, 90125, Union. I like some songs on Union, but it's not one I keep going back to. I do go back to the song Miracle of Life a lot though and Lift Me Up as well.
"Sounds like Geddy...!! Agree. If you check Yes's performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony you can spot Geddy Lee join them and fill the late Chris Squire bassplayer spot.
You know, Jamel really does listen, doesn't he? For someone who has listened to so many unfamiliar songs he really pays attention and learns from every one.
Did you ever imagine when you started this journey that you would become a familiar, friendly and comforting face to people you've never met? Edit: Damn...Police a bit there...
"No one seems to Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare'" - how someone can sing a note for that long and still keep in tune without getting shortness of breath is amazing. Everything about this song is amazing... and so is the album it's on.
Trevor Rabin was the guitarist on this album. They have done stuff with both him and Steve Howe since. They did a great concert a year or two ago playing hits from both eras.
Thank you. I ran a gambit through different sounds and genres. Though I had heard a lot of their music, the younger me didn't latch on to it. Now at 61 yrs I can truly appreciate their technicality for the era. It's like discovering a new band.
1980s Yes is distinctly different from 70’s Yes, slightly different lineup, best stuff is earlier, checkout “ yours is no disgrace” or “starship troopers”
Jamel, I’m so happy and proud to see younger generations like you embrace such amazing music like this. Without you and others like you, music this expressive and experimental and nowadays not well known *would* be gone. My parents brought me up on Yes and Rush and Alan Parsons Project and I get so dejected that the radio today does not spin these records on the airwaves. However your channel still gives them a life and a voice and spirit, and through you, others will find it and add it to their lives. Thank you for that!
Saw Yes in concert when this album came out and it's still one of the best shows I've ever seen. They sound even more amazing live! Chris Squire did a bass solo that lasted more than 5 minutes and had the whole crowd basically stunned. And on another note... You are probably the most genuine reactor on RU-vid. If you ever get to Tennessee the first round is on me
I think you'd enjoy 'Long Distance Runaround' and 'I've Seen All Good People'. We can talk about 'Close to the Edge' when you're ready for a 19 minute EPIC : )
Close to the Edge is such a beautiful album. I’ve been listening to my album for ever until my son asked if he could have some of mine & he’s now discovered YES! I’ve loved them since I was 17. I’m now in my middle 60’s.
@@annsipes6780 Love it. I'm 58. First time I heard CttE I said to my friend "You call this music?" Now it's my favorite piece of music and YES is my favorite group.
@@Lightmane I went to 3 of their concerts in the 70’s & that’s when I really fell for the music. Watching Rick Wakeman on his Moog synthesizer & Jon sing was so wonderful. My sons know that I want Close to the Edge played at the end of my funeral in hopefully 20-30 years.
This album started as essentially a Trevor Rabin album. But then the record label brought in Jon Anderson to contribute vocals and rebranded it a Yes album.
Rabin wrote the initial songs and he teamed up with Chris Squire and Alan White to form Cinema. Jon A was brought in to add vocals and with Tony Kaye also on board they really couldn’t help to call it anything but Yes with four of five prominent members.
Please please please listen to what everyone says and what Jamal has been saying. He has done roundabout. People need to not keep talking about this song because he has done it. See the previous video he did today
@@ehcmier I know I'm getting sick of it to that people do not pay attention but it just shows how much they love this song which makes me happy. Yes is in my top five favorite groups probably number three or four.
In my opinion 1of the best Yes songs, You're 1 of only few reaction channels out there that's done a reaction to " Changes" That's how come I follow you, you're truly the best 1 out there! Thanks Again My Brother, Keep On Rocking 🤟
i looked and didn't see anywhere you've reacted to either of these songs...and they're some of Yes' best songs...period. "Heart of the Sunrise" (a bass line to leave you speechless) and "Yours is no Disgrace" (a song to leave you speechless). they are both more than worth the listen.
Yes ! Some Yes ! - I saw this in concert in Cleveland. They had laser holographs and a two drum kit 'int the round' drum set on a rotating platform. My favorite concert of all time.
I saw this show as well... on a day that I; Lost my car, lost my job, and 'took my shot' at a woman I was hopelessly infatuated with - and also, WELL out of my league... ;) It was a Friday - my day started with this song as my wake up alarm on the radio, and that night, I unexpectedly found myself at the concert in Sacramento, watching it LIVE... it was the single most "CHANGE-INTENSIVE" day of my life... I will ALWAYS love this song... :)
wow....great!!! I saw them 3 time in concert.....In Santa Barbara and 2 times in Sacramento!!! Excellent!!! Excellent!!! Excellent!!! They sounded like the albums but longer and extended songs....We were all singing and dancing with them!!!!!
YES! It's YES! I was waiting for you to respond to this one! Such a great album track! Whoo-Hoo! I remember wearing out my cassette of this album back in 1983, trying to sing like Jon Anderson.
I've been a fan of Yes hits but have never heard this.....Wow ..my first time reaction as well. Great musicianship. Thanks a bunch. Just a quick request.. Home Free "Go Rest High on That Mountain "
@@neonpark1874 Thanks, I will. My dad has more Yes CDs than I thought he did but if this song is in any indication I may not dig their more "progressive" prog-rock stuff. I kind of draw the line at most Rush songs, some early Genesis and the more experimental Pink Floyd stuff.
Try, "Hold On," from their 9021Live album. Abso-fricken-lutely awesome!!!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C16hlBdy5Ns.html&ab_channel=Elena77960
I love the arrangement on this song. Their guitarist at the time (Trevor Rabin) sang the verses, and Jon Anderson (Lead vocalist) sang the choruses. This tradeoff style really gives the song its character
One of my GOAT picks.... This song has shown up at more than one of my life's MAJOR crossroads... Deep, Amazing, and GREAT vid, Brother!! God Bless, & Thank You for What You Do!!! :)
This was my ‘go-to’ album for a couple years in the 80s. Cassette in my Clarion deck installed under the dash of my ‘65 Mustang fastback. Those were some good days.
For so long I have been trying to tell you to delve deep into the well of YES music. So many albums and such a major influence on Rush. Dig deep Jamel, dig deep.
Love that one! I had a whole video worked out for that song in my head when it came out. Basically the band in a white Cadillac Eldorado convertible, in the desert, running into various crazy scenarios. Typical 80s stuff. 😆
I lived on YES. Triumph, Rush..just takes me back. I graduated in 84. Not everyone appreciated them, but my crew lived for it! Thank you for introducing it all over again.
I thoroughly enjoy reading all the comments and i do not see hate or profanity, just people of an older age who grew up listening to the fabulous music from the 70’s and 80’s. Very refreshing indeed. Thank you Jamel as you are always a pleasure to watch and see your enjoyment of the music we took for granted. Rock on!
The absolutely incredible Chris Squire on bass! RIP Fish. My favorite bass player ever. He came up with some of the most melodic bass parts I had ever heard in my life. A lot of people don't like this period of Yes and stick to the early progressive rock stuff. That is my favorite era as well, but I respect the Trevor Rabin era and the albums after. The albums The Ladder and Magnification have become two of my new favorites after I gave them a re-listen. This album is great, but the next album is even better, IMO. The Rabin era has some of my favorite Yes material in terms of songwriting, Love this song as well!
i reacted the exact same way you did the first time i heard this song.!!!!!!!! 'YES' is so intense that i am physically exhausted when i finish listening to them.!!!!
When I saw Yes in 1984 (Jacksonville, FL), it was a GA concert and luckily I was against the stage, right in front of Trevor Rabin! Yes ended up playing the entire 90125 album, with the exception of "Our Song." Many Yes fans stop their love of the band with the 1977 album release, Going For the One. For me, I absolutely LOVE the 90125 album!! ❤❤
You have to do "Leave It" now! This is "modern" Yes...and I do like it a lot, but it lacks the epic feel of their earlier work. You should also check out Anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe - basically, Yes without Chris Squire. "Brother Of Mine" is an epic masterpiece.
I saw Yes in Germany 1983 ( ex RAF family ) and they were promoting this album ....... first time listening , seeing them live !!! Partner had the album for months and he couldn't get me interested !!! Two years later at the NEC in Birmingham , I saw original YES and current YES on a revolving stage ..... 8 of them , including Rick Wakeman.... remember his " Journey to the Center of the Earth "? anyone ??? .......hell of a concert , with all of them together !!! 😝😍 Personally , my all time favorite , is " City of Love " .... Chris Squires base is INSANE in that !!!!
There's an interesting chemistry here. I've loved Yes for 50 years. I've heard this song many many times before. But, when I hear it watching your reactions, it actually sounds better knowing that we are enjoying it with a friend. Thank you sir.
This song is so tight ! Glad you did this reaction. I enjoyed watching you experience it for the first time. This album remains one of the best I've ever heard.
